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by hammr7 » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:40 am
What about the flip side? As a bidder (I'm almost always the bidder ;D) I've been burned when my bid was missing a decimal point. I've been forced to pay way more than I wanted because of this.
But it seems like dealers get a free ride. I recently won a buy-it-now bid that was a sellers mistake, but the seller refused to sell, and immediately relisted, and later sold, the item at a higher price. He's currently claiming that I shouldn't give him a negative feedback because everyone makes mistakes, but his auction language made it clear that if you, as a bidder, screw up, its your problem and not his.
A few days ago I came within 7 seconds of winning another "buy-it-now" auction, and e-mailed the seller about his low price. He said the sale actually went for much more than the eBay buy-it-now price. Apparantly he wanted the eBay feedback but didn't want to pay eBay their full cut. Had I been 8 seconds faster and won, I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten the card.
I have had many auctions where the seller cancelled my winning bid in the last second and relisted the item because he didn't like my winning bid, or told me he woudn't sell except at some much higher price. And I've had more than a few who never respond after the auction (either to tell me where to send money, or after trying to steal my money).
So it seems like the deck is stacked against bidders. eBay is useless when it comes to resolving these issues fairly, unless your bid is more than ~$50 (where they actually have to pay you something substantial).
Where have all the Magic sticker sets gone?